Cardinals/Buccaneers game in 2019 perfect for prime time or London

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired Bruce Arians as their new head coach. He retired from coaching the Arizona Cardinals a year ago after the best five-year run in team history. He is the winningest coach in Cardinals history.

The Cardinals will play the Buccaneers in 2019.

Arians was not fired. He was successful and the vast majority of fans are happy for him. His general manager is Jason Licht, a former Cardinals executive. The coaching staff has a bunch of former Cardinals coaches.

As such, the game is perfect for its own platform. In general, both the Cardinals and Bucs are pretty irrelevant on the national stage, but Arians isn’t.

The game is perfect for a bigger stage.

Think a Thursday night game. Think the Week 1 Monday night doubleheader in the early slot, although that might not be as good an option because it would be just before prime time for Cardinals fans in Arizona.

Or how about this? The Bucs will have one home game in London in 2019.

If there were ever a Buccaneers game that might garner some interest, how about an international matchup against the coach’s former team?

There is a Cardinals following in England.

Cardinals/Bucs wouldn’t normally be a game to watch. In 2019, it is. The NFL should recognize that and give it the stage it needs.